PENNSBURY

Pennsbury was formed from the eastern part of
Kennet in 1770 and comprised the earliest settled part of the township. The
first surveys were made around 1686, but there were few settlements made until
after `1700. The names of Francis Smith, Henry Peirce, Robert Way,
Thomas Hope, George Harlan, Isaac Few, and William Huntley were among the
first to take up land, and after them came the Harveys, Temples, Mendenhalls
and Webb. John Parker, an eminent minister among Friends, was settled
there in the time of the Revolution. The village of Parkersville, in
this township, was so named in honor of him. The northern part of
Pennsbury was cut off in forming Pocopson twp in 1849.